Fylde Tramway News (1997 - 2006)
Our monthly magazine (FTN) regularly features the following columns:
- Works Report
- Blackpool Tramway News
- Blackpool Bus News
- Preservation News
- News & Reviews
From time to time FTN also features articles on trams & public transport in other parts of the UK and also abroad. Do you have any articles for our journal? Contributions of news, photographs and articles are always welcomed. Contact the FTN editor.
Below is a list of all the articles and news items that have appeared in our magazine "FTN" over the years...
FTN309 (5/06)
- repaints revealed over Easter holiday
- Spring tram service commences
- advert liveries slow to come in
- request for 611
- tram passengers left in the cold
- time to decide on a future for 719!
- Balloons in the news
- NoW passes
- RAIB report on Blackpool runaways
- summer bus service resume
- 350 for the track gang
- new Tridents expected
- line 2
- new look for Stagecoach Supertram
- Krefeld - Home of the last classic Duewags? (Peter Makinson)
- Leeds 345 launched
FTN308 (4/06)
- no change after review ofstored cars
- Balloons run as Pleasure Beach opens
- snowploughs out
- Pleasure Beach adverts stripped
- use those bells
- repairs for 726
- bodywork completed on 648
- stored railcoaches see daylight
- refresh continues
- changes planned for seasonal services
- Dublin Olympians arrive for conversion
- roadworks cause chaos
- minibus news
- trust throws open the depot doors
- return of the Tigerrific tram
- new underframe for Brush Railcoach 287/624
- why choose 622?
- a snowy day in Blackpool
FTN307 (3/06)
- active Railcoaches continue to
work hard
- driver competence retained on trams
- single line ends
- surprise as 622 is amongst new advert cars
- in the works
- 643 fitted with bus parking brake
- stored Railcoaches see daylight
- fares revised
- last Fylde Atlantean prepares to depart
- repaint for line 1 Olympians
- promenade bus service runs for Labour
- minibus news
- stored Atlanteans
- Summerlee - Scotland's only tramway
- help needed with Warrington 2
- Dudley pair sidelined for overhaul
- seats for 143
- 2006 events diary
- checking on Chester's trams
- London DMS
FTN306 (2/06)
- extra trams run throughout
christmas
christmas and new year private hires
- experimental cars
- Western Train project on hold
- trams on telly
- single deck news
- 717 awaits new underframe
- north pier trackwork on-going
- 147 progresses
- more Metro coastline repaints
- Dennis again
- Atlanteans
- christmas and new year services
- Liverpool 762 for totallyTransport 2006
- Lisbon 730 operates test runs
- and Wirral run six cars at once
- Crich update
- cosmetic restoration of 8
- a christmas Balloon
- gone, not forgotten - a future for Dreadnaught 59
FTN305 (1/06)
- Cleveleys needs serving on a
Saturday
- a special outing for 147
- single line working switches track
- progress on 648
- driver training routine changes
- winter trams
- 754 shows its versatility
- mothballed 708 is snow plough car
- Atlantean afterlife
- Tram Power City class tram
- engineered like no other (Unimogs 940, 939, 938)
- what is single line working?
FTN304 (12/05)
- Railcoaches and single line
working
- Box 40 repaired
- Blackpool trams star on Channel 4
- bulb fitted cars defy headlamp ban
- single deck news
- Trailer 682 derails al Little Bispham
- winter trackwork
- service changes summarised
- paint shop busy with metro repaints
- former Blackpool Routemasters
- ANs still busy
- Lisbon 730 moves under own power
- OMO10 sacrifices parts for sister car 8
- LTT secures 624
FTN303 (11/05)
- council submits GBP88m
Supertram bid
- contravision cars banned at night
- 761 loses advertising for Wilkinsons
- lights nights
- progress with 645 and 648
- stored for a year
- 717 stripped
- Twin Sets deputise for contravision cars
- railcrane released from fitting shop
- service fleet
- City Sightseeing finishes for 2005
- former Blackpool Atlanteans
- Duple Coach joins illuminations fleet
- night services
- Wirral bus and tram show 2005
- OMO 8 back in plum and custard
- 31 suffers motor fault at beamish
- PD2 joins trust
- enthusiasts day at Crich
- Brush Railcoach 298 arrives at Crich
- 2005 illuminations tour
-
FTN printing
FTN302 (10/05)
- latest Balloon refurbishment
back in use
- latest new look Centenary in paint
- feature cars out
- still a role for the Railcoach
- reliable Balloons
- 762 accident damaged at depot
- service fleet
- vintage cars
- oldest Deltas join Metro Coastline
- City Sightseeing Metrobus damaged
- stored Atlanteans return to use
- service update
- LTT secures funding for Standard 143
- 304 for November enthusiasts tour
- Geneva - The Light Rail revival in Switzerland
- Metrolink news
FTN301 (9/05)
- matching availability with demand
- 700 fitted with pantograph again
- frequent Boats
- 645 ready for paint as 648 stripped
- 21st Tram Sunday
- different fortunes of the Twin Cars
- single decks on flyers as kids break up
- 706 on service
- Atlanteans stored for the summer
- Delta repaints continue for line 6
- seasonal services stepped up
- Metroriders arrive from exile!
- Olympians
- Blackpool cars help celebrate VJ day (Crich)
- LTTs OMO car progresses
- Seaton Update
- Birkenhead trials intensive service
- Tatras in Prague (Harold Blythe)
FTN300 (8/05)
- is there a future beyond 2020?
- further mothballed trams return
- vintage cars
- yet more adverts
- Balloon 712 derails at Starr Gate
- Orion curve removed
- single deck news
- Atlanteans for Lytham Club Day
- Deltas receive repaints for line 6
- progress to report on OMO 8
- first totallyTransport a huge success
- trams help Blackpool remember
- do the mothballed cars have a future? (James Millington)
FTN299 (7/05)
- Is the Summer Service Meeting
Demand?
- lottery bid submitted for Western Train
- no more tram refurbishments?
- Boats run again
- 626 to receive new all over advert
- 713 takes shape
- more double deck adverts appear
- stored Brush cars used as driver trainer
- 645 to differ again
- oldest Olympian still at work on Prom
- Deltas
- exiled Metroriders
- Atlantean update
- Nightexpress
- 29 vehicles operateduring Tramathon (Crich)
- works starts at last on OMO8
- Hong Kong car in Liverpool livery
- other "Trust" trams
- TMS50 - the Golden Jubilee (James Blythe)
- Convention Weekend 2005 (John Clarkson)
FTN298 (6/05)
- A Day in Dresden (Peter Makinson)
FTN297 (5/05)
- Vambac Re-launch (James
Millington)
- Singing in the Rain (John Woodman)
FTN296 (4/05)
- By Tram to the Foxhall
- End of the Road (Member's Views)
FTN295 (3/05)
- no feature (but full of the new
regular news columns)
FTN294 (2/05)
- Special Event News &
Sailing to Fleetwood
FTN293 (1/05)
- The World's Longest Tram Journey
- Part 2 (Peter Makinson
FTN292 (12/04)
- The World's Longest Tram
Journey (Peter Makinson)
- 2004 Illuminations Tour Review (James Millington)
FTN291 (11/04)
- Welcom to Rigby Road (Paul
Turner)
- Future Fleet Policy (James Millington)
FTN290 (10/04)
- The Case of the Loose Wheen and
Blackpool 166 (David Baker)
FTN289 (9/04)
- More French Connections (Peter
Makinson)
FTN288 (8/04)
- A Visit to Birkenhead (James
Millington)
- From Lytham to Fleetwood by Pullman Car (John Woodman)
FTN287 (7/04)
- Blackpool's Streamliners: A
Pictorial Review (Martyn Weaver)
- 70 Years in one Page (Paul Turner)
- Back at BT (Harold Blythe)
FTN286 (6/04)
- Convention Weekend 2004 (James
Blythe)
- BTPF Update (Philip Higgs)
FTN285 (5/04)
- Obituary - Jim Shearer, 1930 to
2004 (Alan Kirkman)
- Midland Metro - The Next Step (Mark Fitchew)
Blackpool Tramway Simulator [Software] (Geoff Holt)
FTN284 (4/04)
- 2004 Convention Weekend Preview
(James Miilington)
- Toastrack 166 - How YOU can help! (Martyn Weaver)
FTN283 (3/04)
- 2004 Events Diary (James Blythe)
- 2004 AGM Notice (includes Nominations/Proposed Changes)
FTN282 (2/04)
- Summer Problems - a response
from our President and Managing Director of Blackpool Transport, Steve
Burd
- Metro Coastline Christmas Tour (James Millington)
FTN281 (1/04)
- Plauen - A Small Time Survivor
in Saxony (Peter Makinson)
FTN280 (12/03)
- Coronation Tour - Seeing
Double!! (James Blythe)
- Trams for the City of Culture? (James Blythe)
FTN279 (11/03)
- Nantes - A Modern System
Reaches Maturity (Peter Makinson)
- Illuminations Tour (James Millington)
FTN278 (10/03)
- 40 Years Since North Station by
Tram (Steve Palmer)
- Summer Problems (James Millington)
FTN277 (09/03)
- Zurich's New Trams (Steve
Grimwade)
- Separation (Malcolm Wright)
- TSO (FTS) Blackpool Tramcar Fund 166 - Appeal Update (Martyn Weaver)
FTN276 (08/03)
- Visit to Heaton Park and Mode
Wheel (Paul Turner)
- Amsterdam's Classic Artics (Paul Turner)
FTN275 (07/03)
- Crich Tramathon (Paul Turner)
- Preservation Round Up (Paul Turner)
- Light Rail Update
- Extending South yorkshire Supertram (James Blythe)
- Round Up
FTN274 (06/03)
- Round Up
- Convention Weekend 2003 (Bill Thomson)
- A Year of Progress (Philip Higgs)
FTN273 (05/03)
- Round Up
- Visiting Prague by Tram (Steve Palmer)
- Blackpool's National Tramway Heritage (Martyn Weaver)
FTN272 (04/03)
- Will You Joinn us for the
convention? (James Millington)
- Trams in the Rhine-Neckar Region (James Blythe)
- Round Up
FTN271 (03/03)
- Obituary Stuart L. Pillar (Tony
Depledge)
- 2003 Events Diary
- OMO 8 and the future (James Millington)
- Round Up
FTN270 (02/03)
- 2002 Grand Christmas Tourn
(James Millington)
- Final Tours on the Restored Cars 40 Years ago (Steve Palmer)
- 304 Back on the Prom (Paul Turner)
- Round Up
FTN269 (01/03)
- Peter Witts, Jumbos and
eurotrams - Variety in Milan (Peter Makinson & Ted Jones)
- Trolleyville USA (Lars F. Richter)
- Round Up
FTN268 (12/02)
- 304 Returns to Life (James
Millington)
- Switzerland Prepares to Say Goodbye (James Blythe)
- Round Up
FTN267 (11/02)
- 208 - Britain's PCC Success
(John Woodman)
- Marton After the Tram
- Round Up
FTN266 (10/02)
- Manx Update
- Round Up
FTN265 (9/02)
- A Hat Trick Down Under (Tom
Dugan)
- Round Up
FTN264 (8/02)
- Post-LRT Fleet - Consultation
Meeting (Philip Higgs)
- What Makes an Enthusiast? (Graham Oliver)
- Blackpoo's Next Generation Buses (Paul Turner)
- Round Up
FTN263 (7/02)
- Preservation News (Paul Turner)
- 2002 Convention Weekend (John Clarkson)
- Round Up
FTN262 (6/02)
- Centenaries Come of Age (Paul
Turner)
- The Rockets Final Mission (James Millington)
- Round Up
FTN261 (5/02)
- The Launch of 147 (James Blythe)
- OMO Car Afterlife (James Millington)
- Blackpool Tramcar Preservation Fund (Philip Higgs)
- Summerlee (Paul Turner)
FTN260 (4/02)
- Norbreck to Little Bispham Track
Renewal (Eric Berry)
- El Tranvia de València (Peter Makinson)
FTN259 (3/02)
- Tramway Upgrade Process
- 2002 Museum and Event Guide
- The Soller Tram (Howard J. Piltz)
FTN258 (2/02)
- Grand Christmas Tour (James
Millington)
- Douglas Horse Tramway 125 (Chris Pulling)
- Obituary: Graham Weaver (Steve Palmer)
FTN257 (1/02)
- Winter Weekends (James
Millington)
- Nottingham Express Transit (James Blythe)
- How Can You Help? (Martin Weaver)
FTN256 (12/01)
- Metrolink - Towards "The Big
Bang" (James Blythe)
- Preservation Profile - Burton & Ashby 14 (James Millington)
- News Round Up
FTN255 (11/01)
- A Tale of Three Cities -
Orléans, Montpellier & Lyon (Peter Makison)
- Preservation Profile - Box 40 (Paul Turner)
- News Round Up
FTN254 (10/01)
- 761 (Paul Turner)
- European Imports (Paul Turner)
- Light Rail Round Up
FTN253 (9/01)
- The Recovery of 722 (N. Kibby)
- Sheffield's Roberts Cars (Edward Marshall)
- FTS Tours (James Millington)
FTN252 (8/01)
- Demolition of Squires Gate Depot
-2- (Ian McLoughlin)
- Blackpool's Tramway Upgrade (Philip Higgs)
- A Tale of Two Weekends (Paul Turner)
FTN251 (7/01)
- Demolition of Squires Gate Depot
-1- (Ian McLoughlin)
- New Name for National Tramway Museum
- Beamish 2001 (Paul Turner)
FTN250 (6/01)
- Marton standard Tramcar 147 -
Progress Update -2-
- Behind The Scenes - 1971
- Fleet Changes 1971-2001
- 30 Years of Change
- Convention 2001
FTN249 (5/01)
- Marton Box 31 - 100 Years Old
- Birkenhead Tramway Open Day
- Porto Semi-Convertible 273
- Metro Coastlines
FTN248 (4/01)
- Around the Museums 2001
- A Seafaring Tradition (Railcoach 633)
- Round Up
- Marton 100 - A Look at the VAMBACs
FTN247 (3/01)
- The Return of 513
- Blackpool Tramway and The Local Transport Plan
- All Lines Lead to Blackpool (new bus network)
- Fylde Transport Visitors Centre (Thornton Gate)
- Corgi's New Blackpool Models (includes list of all models available)
FTN246 (2/01)
- Seven Surviving Standards
- News Round Up (Sheffield, Manchester, Midland Metro, Birkenhead)
- The 20th Christmas Tour
FTN245 (1/01)
- Museum News - Crich
- The Centenary Cavalcade, 15 years on
- Trams on the "super Highway" (Internet)
- Light Rail Update (UK News)
- Meeting Reviews (October to December 2000)
FTN244 (12/00)
- Metro Project (new Blackpool
Bus system)
- Arrivaderci Roma
- Hong Kong 168
- Brush Railcoach 298
FTN243 (11/00)
- The Return of 147
- Round Up (Blackpool Tramway Study, Metrolink, the Rocket)
- Former Blackpool Buses
- 660 - The Survivor
FTN242 (10/00)
- Then There Were Two - the
Western Train and the Rocket
- The 606 Story
- Gang Buses
- Preservation News (Leeds 345, Birkenhead, Lytham 70, MER, Boat 228)
FTN241 (9/00)
- Poznan, Improvement or Decline?
(James Millington)
- Festival of model Tramways 2000
- 101s to Blackpool
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach Monorail
- Preservation News (Crich, Llandudno & Colwyn Bay 7/305,
Lytham 70)
FTN240 (8/00)
- Where East meets West - the
Helsinki Experience (Pete Makinson)
- A Look at the Brush Cars
FTN239 (7/00)
- Absolutely Fabulous - A Tale of
Two Towns (John Woodman)
- Standard 147 Project
- Croydon Tramlink Update
- Tram Jamboree!
FTN238 (6/00)
- Another B-Tramway "Bratislava"
(Alan Hurst)
- A Tale of Two Weekends
- News Round Up (Tramlink Opens, Birkenhead Update, Crich News)
FTN237 (5/00)
- Corgi's Blackpool Trams (James
Millington)
- End of the Line for the 1959 Stock (Paul Turner)
- In the News (San Francisco, Manchester, Croydon, Squires Gate Depot,
Farewell to the Conductors)
FTN236 (4/00)
- A Backward Look (Paul Turner)
- El Tramvia Blau - Barcelona (Paul Elborn)
- Heritage Tramway Diary 2000
FTN235 (3/00)
- Vienna 1999 (Trevor Shears)
- Sheds Rule into Y2K - just! (Harold Blythe)
- Manx and Museum News (Manx Update, Crich & Birkenhead)
FTN234 (2/00)
- Hungarian Interlude (John
Woodman)
- Manx Electric News (Chris Pulling)
- Museum News (Glasgow & Crich)
FTN233 (1/00)
- Progress Twin-Cars
- Retrospect & Prospect - The Sequel
- Review of 1999
- News Round Up (MER, DLR, Crich)
- Blackpool Tram Preservation
FTN232 (12/99)
- Streetcars Highly Desired Part
2 - Switzerland (David Hitchen)
- Light Rail Update
- Former Buses Update
FTN231 (11/99)
- Streetcars Highly Desired -
Switzerland (David Hitchen)
- Blackpool Transport Bus Service Network
- Former Blackpool Buses
FTN230 (10/99)
- An Education in Public
Transport (Jonathan Mark Challis BSc.)
- Museum Piece - Beamish (Paul Turner)
- Light Rail Update
FTN229 (9/99)
- Developments in the North East -
Tyne and Wear Metro (James Millington)
- Shipwrecked at Cavendish Road... - Balloon 710 (Philip Higgs)
- News Round Up: First North Western & BT joint ticketing, News
from Crich, Tram Buffs Weekend, Winkleigh Open Day
FTN228 (8/99)
- Tram Spotting in Zürich
(Grant Wright)
- Museum News - Crich, Heaton Park, Brush Car 298
- Light Rail Update - Midland Metro, Tramlink
- Tram Sunday Review
FTN227 (7/99)
- Seaton Tramway to 2000 and
beyond (Paul Turner)
- Light Rail Round Up (Paul Turner)
- Going Solo! (James Millington)
FTN226 (6/99)
- Convention '99 (Paul Turner)
- Around the Museums
- Spring Scenes (Keith West)
FTN225 (5/99)
- on the Buses - 60's style (Peter
Makinson)
- News from Manchester (Simon Quayle)
FTN224 (4/99)
- A Tradition of Style - Part 2
(James Millington)
- A Railcoach Winter Wonderland (Paul Turner)
- Museum News
FTN223 (3/99)
- A Tradition of Style (James
Millington)
- Heritage Tramway Diary 1999
FTN222 (2/99)
- What the Papers Say (Tram
Sunday, Trampower, Ice Cream Tram)
- 633's lament
- Museum Piece - Willamette Shore Trolley + Museum News (Seaton, Crich)
FTN221 (1/99)
- The Most Exciting Tram Ride In
The World! (Andrew Hazelhurst)
- Marton Vambac 11
- Museum News - Crich
- Monorail for Trafford Park?
- Stagecoach Supertram
FTN220 (12/98)
- California Dreaming (Simon
Quayle)
- The Sintra Tramway
- Museum News - Coronation 304, Bus Preservation
- Midland Metro...
FTN219 (11/98)
- Steam 125 - The 1998
Celebrations on the Isle of Man (John Clarkson)
- The Birkenhead Tramway
- Museum News - Crich, Fylde Buses
- Metrolink Update (Simon Qualye)
FTN218 (10/98)
- Little Willy - 605 (Paul Turner)
- Black Country Museum (Paul Turner)
- Museum News - Seaton, Isle of Man, Crich, Railcoach Fund
- Balloons in camera (James Millington)
FTN217 (9/98)
- Official Tramroad Centenary
Postal Covers
- Blackpool's carbuncle tram - 707 (Steve Ramsden)
- Australia Revisited - Part II (Bendigo, Ballarat, Sydney - Tom Dugan)
- Slower trams at Blackpool
- UK News (Bristol, Midland Metro, Metrolink)
- Book review "Blackpool & Fleetwood - 100 Years by Tram"
FTN216 (8/98)
- Fleet Allocation (Buses at Rigby
Road and Squires Gate)
- Centenary week - in camera (Philip Higgs)
- Australia Revisited - Part 1 (Melbourne - Tom Dugan)
- Tramroad Centenary Souvenirs
- East to west - Glasgow 1245 (EATMS)
FTN215 (7/98)
- Blackpool Titan 351 moves
again...
- Boat 600 launched
- The impossible they do at once! (cars 2 and 167 at Crich - Philip
Higgs)
- More money for Docklands...
- Merseyside Rapid Transit?
- The departure of 147 (1968)
FTN214 (6/98)
- Snowdonia's Railways Revival
(Simon Quayle)
- Railcoaches in the seventies... (Photo feature)
- News (Sheffield Supertram, Trams returning to Gosport &
Fareham?, £10.5m bid to improve Blackpool's Transport)
- The Appearance of Stockport 5 (Steve Palmer)
FTN213 (5/98)
- Blackpool's Plastic Tram (Brian
Turner)
- Video Review - Blackpool Trams Part 2 1962-1984
FTN213 (4/98)
- Blackpool Tramway Access Study
- News (Supertram, Midland Metro, Fylde Coast Rapid Transit System,
Metrolink, London Underground)
FTN211 (3/98)
- Rack 2 - Progress Report (David
Beardsell)
- Tramroad Centenary Week - events schedule
FTN210 (2/98)
- Centenary Appeal Progress (Steve
Palmer)
- Metrolink Goes West
- News (Sheffield, Croydon, Birmingham, Newcastle, Docklands...)
- Tramroad Centenary Week - Proposed events
FTN209 (1/98)
- Blackpool & Fleetwood 2
- Progress Report
- A young Scot visits Blackpool...
- Trams Return to Barcelona
- Preservation - Vambac 11 Progress
FTN208 (12/97)
- The End... (Philip Higgs - his
last
FTN)
- Transport Policies & Programme
- Spotlight on 707
- L.T.T. launches TRANSSUPPORT
- Book reviews
- Tramroad Centenary Appeal (Steve Palmer)
FTN207 (11/97)
- Phoenix Update (Fleetlist of
this independent bus operator)
- Rebuilt Marton Box revisited (Philip Higgs)
- Fleetwood on the rack? a project for 1998... (FTS Committee)
- Rumors of our demise? - illuminated trams (Philipp Higgs)
FTN206 (10/97)
- Lisbon to Laxey? - MER no."360"
- (Simon Quayle)
- A Fitting Tribute Indeed! - OMO no.5 - (James Millington)
FTN205 (9/97)
- China's New Tramways (James
Blythe)
- Blackpool Brush Railcoach No.298 (from Keith Terry)
- Preservation Update - OMO car preservation (Philip Higgs)
FTN204 (8/97)
- Roadliner arrives in Blackpool
(Philip Higgs)
- Railway heritage in Blackpool (Philip Higgs)
- Crich Column (Simon Quayle)
- Light Rail Round-Up
- Rebuilding of 707 taking shape... (Philip Higgs)
FTN203 (7/97)
- Trams on the World Wide Web
- Towards a Century (Philip Higgs)
- Light Rail Round-Up
- Preservation Update... Railcoach 298, Vambac 11, Coronation 663
FTN202 (6/97)
- scenes from the 70's (Philip
Higgs)
- Profile of a Vice - President: Michael Morton (Philip Higgs)
- Balloon throwback... (Philip Higgs)
- Blackpool Exiles in Reading (Mike Dare)
- News Update... Lytham Atlantean, Swift 554
FTN201 (5/97)
- Book Review "By Trams to the
Tower" (Ian McLoughlin)
- and finally... (Brian Whaley - his last
FTN)
FTN200 (4/97)
- Letters to the Editor
- 2001 - a tram fantasy (Martin Shaw)
FTN199 (3/97)
- FTS Membership Review (Philip
Higgs)
- Night Life in Bangkok?!?
- The Rossall Diversion (Brian Whaley)
FTN198 (2/97)
- Christmas Caption Competition
- Letters to the Editor - OMO preservation
- Poetry "Trundle on"
FTN197 (1/97)
- Editor's Miscellany - Road
Train, Corgi Models, OMO 10
- The Future of the Tramway (Eric Berry)
- Blackpool Tram Memories (Dave McFarlane)
- Northern Exiles (James Blythe)
- Trams of Steel Update
- Works Report
- Blackpool Tramway News
- Blackpool Bus News
- Preservation News
- News & Reviews
From time to time FTN also features articles on trams & public transport in other parts of the UK and also abroad. Do you have any articles for our journal? Contributions of news, photographs and articles are always welcomed. Contact the FTN editor.
Below is a list of all the articles and news items that have appeared in our magazine "FTN" over the years...
FTN309 (5/06)
- repaints revealed over Easter holiday
- Spring tram service commences
- advert liveries slow to come in
- request for 611
- tram passengers left in the cold
- time to decide on a future for 719!
- Balloons in the news
- NoW passes
- RAIB report on Blackpool runaways
- summer bus service resume
- 350 for the track gang
- new Tridents expected
- line 2
- new look for Stagecoach Supertram
- Krefeld - Home of the last classic Duewags? (Peter Makinson)
- Leeds 345 launched
FTN308 (4/06)
- no change after review ofstored cars
- Balloons run as Pleasure Beach opens
- snowploughs out
- Pleasure Beach adverts stripped
- use those bells
- repairs for 726
- bodywork completed on 648
- stored railcoaches see daylight
- refresh continues
- changes planned for seasonal services
- Dublin Olympians arrive for conversion
- roadworks cause chaos
- minibus news
- trust throws open the depot doors
- return of the Tigerrific tram
- new underframe for Brush Railcoach 287/624
- why choose 622?
- a snowy day in Blackpool
FTN307 (3/06)
- active Railcoaches continue to
work hard
- driver competence retained on trams
- single line ends
- surprise as 622 is amongst new advert cars
- in the works
- 643 fitted with bus parking brake
- stored Railcoaches see daylight
- fares revised
- last Fylde Atlantean prepares to depart
- repaint for line 1 Olympians
- promenade bus service runs for Labour
- minibus news
- stored Atlanteans
- Summerlee - Scotland's only tramway
- help needed with Warrington 2
- Dudley pair sidelined for overhaul
- seats for 143
- 2006 events diary
- checking on Chester's trams
- London DMS
FTN306 (2/06)
- extra trams run throughout
christmas
christmas and new year private hires
- experimental cars
- Western Train project on hold
- trams on telly
- single deck news
- 717 awaits new underframe
- north pier trackwork on-going
- 147 progresses
- more Metro coastline repaints
- Dennis again
- Atlanteans
- christmas and new year services
- Liverpool 762 for totallyTransport 2006
- Lisbon 730 operates test runs
- and Wirral run six cars at once
- Crich update
- cosmetic restoration of 8
- a christmas Balloon
- gone, not forgotten - a future for Dreadnaught 59
FTN305 (1/06)
- Cleveleys needs serving on a
Saturday
- a special outing for 147
- single line working switches track
- progress on 648
- driver training routine changes
- winter trams
- 754 shows its versatility
- mothballed 708 is snow plough car
- Atlantean afterlife
- Tram Power City class tram
- engineered like no other (Unimogs 940, 939, 938)
- what is single line working?
FTN304 (12/05)
- Railcoaches and single line
working
- Box 40 repaired
- Blackpool trams star on Channel 4
- bulb fitted cars defy headlamp ban
- single deck news
- Trailer 682 derails al Little Bispham
- winter trackwork
- service changes summarised
- paint shop busy with metro repaints
- former Blackpool Routemasters
- ANs still busy
- Lisbon 730 moves under own power
- OMO10 sacrifices parts for sister car 8
- LTT secures 624
FTN303 (11/05)
- council submits GBP88m
Supertram bid
- contravision cars banned at night
- 761 loses advertising for Wilkinsons
- lights nights
- progress with 645 and 648
- stored for a year
- 717 stripped
- Twin Sets deputise for contravision cars
- railcrane released from fitting shop
- service fleet
- City Sightseeing finishes for 2005
- former Blackpool Atlanteans
- Duple Coach joins illuminations fleet
- night services
- Wirral bus and tram show 2005
- OMO 8 back in plum and custard
- 31 suffers motor fault at beamish
- PD2 joins trust
- enthusiasts day at Crich
- Brush Railcoach 298 arrives at Crich
- 2005 illuminations tour
-
FTN printing
FTN302 (10/05)
- latest Balloon refurbishment
back in use
- latest new look Centenary in paint
- feature cars out
- still a role for the Railcoach
- reliable Balloons
- 762 accident damaged at depot
- service fleet
- vintage cars
- oldest Deltas join Metro Coastline
- City Sightseeing Metrobus damaged
- stored Atlanteans return to use
- service update
- LTT secures funding for Standard 143
- 304 for November enthusiasts tour
- Geneva - The Light Rail revival in Switzerland
- Metrolink news
FTN301 (9/05)
- matching availability with demand
- 700 fitted with pantograph again
- frequent Boats
- 645 ready for paint as 648 stripped
- 21st Tram Sunday
- different fortunes of the Twin Cars
- single decks on flyers as kids break up
- 706 on service
- Atlanteans stored for the summer
- Delta repaints continue for line 6
- seasonal services stepped up
- Metroriders arrive from exile!
- Olympians
- Blackpool cars help celebrate VJ day (Crich)
- LTTs OMO car progresses
- Seaton Update
- Birkenhead trials intensive service
- Tatras in Prague (Harold Blythe)
FTN300 (8/05)
- is there a future beyond 2020?
- further mothballed trams return
- vintage cars
- yet more adverts
- Balloon 712 derails at Starr Gate
- Orion curve removed
- single deck news
- Atlanteans for Lytham Club Day
- Deltas receive repaints for line 6
- progress to report on OMO 8
- first totallyTransport a huge success
- trams help Blackpool remember
- do the mothballed cars have a future? (James Millington)
FTN299 (7/05)
- Is the Summer Service Meeting
Demand?
- lottery bid submitted for Western Train
- no more tram refurbishments?
- Boats run again
- 626 to receive new all over advert
- 713 takes shape
- more double deck adverts appear
- stored Brush cars used as driver trainer
- 645 to differ again
- oldest Olympian still at work on Prom
- Deltas
- exiled Metroriders
- Atlantean update
- Nightexpress
- 29 vehicles operateduring Tramathon (Crich)
- works starts at last on OMO8
- Hong Kong car in Liverpool livery
- other "Trust" trams
- TMS50 - the Golden Jubilee (James Blythe)
- Convention Weekend 2005 (John Clarkson)
FTN298 (6/05)
- A Day in Dresden (Peter Makinson)
FTN297 (5/05)
- Vambac Re-launch (James
Millington)
- Singing in the Rain (John Woodman)
FTN296 (4/05)
- By Tram to the Foxhall
- End of the Road (Member's Views)
FTN295 (3/05)
- no feature (but full of the new
regular news columns)
FTN294 (2/05)
- Special Event News &
Sailing to Fleetwood
FTN293 (1/05)
- The World's Longest Tram Journey
- Part 2 (Peter Makinson
FTN292 (12/04)
- The World's Longest Tram
Journey (Peter Makinson)
- 2004 Illuminations Tour Review (James Millington)
FTN291 (11/04)
- Welcom to Rigby Road (Paul
Turner)
- Future Fleet Policy (James Millington)
FTN290 (10/04)
- The Case of the Loose Wheen and
Blackpool 166 (David Baker)
FTN289 (9/04)
- More French Connections (Peter
Makinson)
FTN288 (8/04)
- A Visit to Birkenhead (James
Millington)
- From Lytham to Fleetwood by Pullman Car (John Woodman)
FTN287 (7/04)
- Blackpool's Streamliners: A
Pictorial Review (Martyn Weaver)
- 70 Years in one Page (Paul Turner)
- Back at BT (Harold Blythe)
FTN286 (6/04)
- Convention Weekend 2004 (James
Blythe)
- BTPF Update (Philip Higgs)
FTN285 (5/04)
- Obituary - Jim Shearer, 1930 to
2004 (Alan Kirkman)
- Midland Metro - The Next Step (Mark Fitchew)
Blackpool Tramway Simulator [Software] (Geoff Holt)
FTN284 (4/04)
- 2004 Convention Weekend Preview
(James Miilington)
- Toastrack 166 - How YOU can help! (Martyn Weaver)
FTN283 (3/04)
- 2004 Events Diary (James Blythe)
- 2004 AGM Notice (includes Nominations/Proposed Changes)
FTN282 (2/04)
- Summer Problems - a response
from our President and Managing Director of Blackpool Transport, Steve
Burd
- Metro Coastline Christmas Tour (James Millington)
FTN281 (1/04)
- Plauen - A Small Time Survivor
in Saxony (Peter Makinson)
FTN280 (12/03)
- Coronation Tour - Seeing
Double!! (James Blythe)
- Trams for the City of Culture? (James Blythe)
FTN279 (11/03)
- Nantes - A Modern System
Reaches Maturity (Peter Makinson)
- Illuminations Tour (James Millington)
FTN278 (10/03)
- 40 Years Since North Station by
Tram (Steve Palmer)
- Summer Problems (James Millington)
FTN277 (09/03)
- Zurich's New Trams (Steve
Grimwade)
- Separation (Malcolm Wright)
- TSO (FTS) Blackpool Tramcar Fund 166 - Appeal Update (Martyn Weaver)
FTN276 (08/03)
- Visit to Heaton Park and Mode
Wheel (Paul Turner)
- Amsterdam's Classic Artics (Paul Turner)
FTN275 (07/03)
- Crich Tramathon (Paul Turner)
- Preservation Round Up (Paul Turner)
- Light Rail Update
- Extending South yorkshire Supertram (James Blythe)
- Round Up
FTN274 (06/03)
- Round Up
- Convention Weekend 2003 (Bill Thomson)
- A Year of Progress (Philip Higgs)
FTN273 (05/03)
- Round Up
- Visiting Prague by Tram (Steve Palmer)
- Blackpool's National Tramway Heritage (Martyn Weaver)
FTN272 (04/03)
- Will You Joinn us for the
convention? (James Millington)
- Trams in the Rhine-Neckar Region (James Blythe)
- Round Up
FTN271 (03/03)
- Obituary Stuart L. Pillar (Tony
Depledge)
- 2003 Events Diary
- OMO 8 and the future (James Millington)
- Round Up
FTN270 (02/03)
- 2002 Grand Christmas Tourn
(James Millington)
- Final Tours on the Restored Cars 40 Years ago (Steve Palmer)
- 304 Back on the Prom (Paul Turner)
- Round Up
FTN269 (01/03)
- Peter Witts, Jumbos and
eurotrams - Variety in Milan (Peter Makinson & Ted Jones)
- Trolleyville USA (Lars F. Richter)
- Round Up
FTN268 (12/02)
- 304 Returns to Life (James
Millington)
- Switzerland Prepares to Say Goodbye (James Blythe)
- Round Up
FTN267 (11/02)
- 208 - Britain's PCC Success
(John Woodman)
- Marton After the Tram
- Round Up
FTN266 (10/02)
- Manx Update
- Round Up
FTN265 (9/02)
- A Hat Trick Down Under (Tom
Dugan)
- Round Up
FTN264 (8/02)
- Post-LRT Fleet - Consultation
Meeting (Philip Higgs)
- What Makes an Enthusiast? (Graham Oliver)
- Blackpoo's Next Generation Buses (Paul Turner)
- Round Up
FTN263 (7/02)
- Preservation News (Paul Turner)
- 2002 Convention Weekend (John Clarkson)
- Round Up
FTN262 (6/02)
- Centenaries Come of Age (Paul
Turner)
- The Rockets Final Mission (James Millington)
- Round Up
FTN261 (5/02)
- The Launch of 147 (James Blythe)
- OMO Car Afterlife (James Millington)
- Blackpool Tramcar Preservation Fund (Philip Higgs)
- Summerlee (Paul Turner)
FTN260 (4/02)
- Norbreck to Little Bispham Track
Renewal (Eric Berry)
- El Tranvia de València (Peter Makinson)
FTN259 (3/02)
- Tramway Upgrade Process
- 2002 Museum and Event Guide
- The Soller Tram (Howard J. Piltz)
FTN258 (2/02)
- Grand Christmas Tour (James
Millington)
- Douglas Horse Tramway 125 (Chris Pulling)
- Obituary: Graham Weaver (Steve Palmer)
FTN257 (1/02)
- Winter Weekends (James
Millington)
- Nottingham Express Transit (James Blythe)
- How Can You Help? (Martin Weaver)
FTN256 (12/01)
- Metrolink - Towards "The Big
Bang" (James Blythe)
- Preservation Profile - Burton & Ashby 14 (James Millington)
- News Round Up
FTN255 (11/01)
- A Tale of Three Cities -
Orléans, Montpellier & Lyon (Peter Makison)
- Preservation Profile - Box 40 (Paul Turner)
- News Round Up
FTN254 (10/01)
- 761 (Paul Turner)
- European Imports (Paul Turner)
- Light Rail Round Up
FTN253 (9/01)
- The Recovery of 722 (N. Kibby)
- Sheffield's Roberts Cars (Edward Marshall)
- FTS Tours (James Millington)
FTN252 (8/01)
- Demolition of Squires Gate Depot
-2- (Ian McLoughlin)
- Blackpool's Tramway Upgrade (Philip Higgs)
- A Tale of Two Weekends (Paul Turner)
FTN251 (7/01)
- Demolition of Squires Gate Depot
-1- (Ian McLoughlin)
- New Name for National Tramway Museum
- Beamish 2001 (Paul Turner)
FTN250 (6/01)
- Marton standard Tramcar 147 -
Progress Update -2-
- Behind The Scenes - 1971
- Fleet Changes 1971-2001
- 30 Years of Change
- Convention 2001
FTN249 (5/01)
- Marton Box 31 - 100 Years Old
- Birkenhead Tramway Open Day
- Porto Semi-Convertible 273
- Metro Coastlines
FTN248 (4/01)
- Around the Museums 2001
- A Seafaring Tradition (Railcoach 633)
- Round Up
- Marton 100 - A Look at the VAMBACs
FTN247 (3/01)
- The Return of 513
- Blackpool Tramway and The Local Transport Plan
- All Lines Lead to Blackpool (new bus network)
- Fylde Transport Visitors Centre (Thornton Gate)
- Corgi's New Blackpool Models (includes list of all models available)
FTN246 (2/01)
- Seven Surviving Standards
- News Round Up (Sheffield, Manchester, Midland Metro, Birkenhead)
- The 20th Christmas Tour
FTN245 (1/01)
- Museum News - Crich
- The Centenary Cavalcade, 15 years on
- Trams on the "super Highway" (Internet)
- Light Rail Update (UK News)
- Meeting Reviews (October to December 2000)
FTN244 (12/00)
- Metro Project (new Blackpool
Bus system)
- Arrivaderci Roma
- Hong Kong 168
- Brush Railcoach 298
FTN243 (11/00)
- The Return of 147
- Round Up (Blackpool Tramway Study, Metrolink, the Rocket)
- Former Blackpool Buses
- 660 - The Survivor
FTN242 (10/00)
- Then There Were Two - the
Western Train and the Rocket
- The 606 Story
- Gang Buses
- Preservation News (Leeds 345, Birkenhead, Lytham 70, MER, Boat 228)
FTN241 (9/00)
- Poznan, Improvement or Decline?
(James Millington)
- Festival of model Tramways 2000
- 101s to Blackpool
- Blackpool Pleasure Beach Monorail
- Preservation News (Crich, Llandudno & Colwyn Bay 7/305,
Lytham 70)
FTN240 (8/00)
- Where East meets West - the
Helsinki Experience (Pete Makinson)
- A Look at the Brush Cars
FTN239 (7/00)
- Absolutely Fabulous - A Tale of
Two Towns (John Woodman)
- Standard 147 Project
- Croydon Tramlink Update
- Tram Jamboree!
FTN238 (6/00)
- Another B-Tramway "Bratislava"
(Alan Hurst)
- A Tale of Two Weekends
- News Round Up (Tramlink Opens, Birkenhead Update, Crich News)
FTN237 (5/00)
- Corgi's Blackpool Trams (James
Millington)
- End of the Line for the 1959 Stock (Paul Turner)
- In the News (San Francisco, Manchester, Croydon, Squires Gate Depot,
Farewell to the Conductors)
FTN236 (4/00)
- A Backward Look (Paul Turner)
- El Tramvia Blau - Barcelona (Paul Elborn)
- Heritage Tramway Diary 2000
FTN235 (3/00)
- Vienna 1999 (Trevor Shears)
- Sheds Rule into Y2K - just! (Harold Blythe)
- Manx and Museum News (Manx Update, Crich & Birkenhead)
FTN234 (2/00)
- Hungarian Interlude (John
Woodman)
- Manx Electric News (Chris Pulling)
- Museum News (Glasgow & Crich)
FTN233 (1/00)
- Progress Twin-Cars
- Retrospect & Prospect - The Sequel
- Review of 1999
- News Round Up (MER, DLR, Crich)
- Blackpool Tram Preservation
FTN232 (12/99)
- Streetcars Highly Desired Part
2 - Switzerland (David Hitchen)
- Light Rail Update
- Former Buses Update
FTN231 (11/99)
- Streetcars Highly Desired -
Switzerland (David Hitchen)
- Blackpool Transport Bus Service Network
- Former Blackpool Buses
FTN230 (10/99)
- An Education in Public
Transport (Jonathan Mark Challis BSc.)
- Museum Piece - Beamish (Paul Turner)
- Light Rail Update
FTN229 (9/99)
- Developments in the North East -
Tyne and Wear Metro (James Millington)
- Shipwrecked at Cavendish Road... - Balloon 710 (Philip Higgs)
- News Round Up: First North Western & BT joint ticketing, News
from Crich, Tram Buffs Weekend, Winkleigh Open Day
FTN228 (8/99)
- Tram Spotting in Zürich
(Grant Wright)
- Museum News - Crich, Heaton Park, Brush Car 298
- Light Rail Update - Midland Metro, Tramlink
- Tram Sunday Review
FTN227 (7/99)
- Seaton Tramway to 2000 and
beyond (Paul Turner)
- Light Rail Round Up (Paul Turner)
- Going Solo! (James Millington)
FTN226 (6/99)
- Convention '99 (Paul Turner)
- Around the Museums
- Spring Scenes (Keith West)
FTN225 (5/99)
- on the Buses - 60's style (Peter
Makinson)
- News from Manchester (Simon Quayle)
FTN224 (4/99)
- A Tradition of Style - Part 2
(James Millington)
- A Railcoach Winter Wonderland (Paul Turner)
- Museum News
FTN223 (3/99)
- A Tradition of Style (James
Millington)
- Heritage Tramway Diary 1999
FTN222 (2/99)
- What the Papers Say (Tram
Sunday, Trampower, Ice Cream Tram)
- 633's lament
- Museum Piece - Willamette Shore Trolley + Museum News (Seaton, Crich)
FTN221 (1/99)
- The Most Exciting Tram Ride In
The World! (Andrew Hazelhurst)
- Marton Vambac 11
- Museum News - Crich
- Monorail for Trafford Park?
- Stagecoach Supertram
FTN220 (12/98)
- California Dreaming (Simon
Quayle)
- The Sintra Tramway
- Museum News - Coronation 304, Bus Preservation
- Midland Metro...
FTN219 (11/98)
- Steam 125 - The 1998
Celebrations on the Isle of Man (John Clarkson)
- The Birkenhead Tramway
- Museum News - Crich, Fylde Buses
- Metrolink Update (Simon Qualye)
FTN218 (10/98)
- Little Willy - 605 (Paul Turner)
- Black Country Museum (Paul Turner)
- Museum News - Seaton, Isle of Man, Crich, Railcoach Fund
- Balloons in camera (James Millington)
FTN217 (9/98)
- Official Tramroad Centenary
Postal Covers
- Blackpool's carbuncle tram - 707 (Steve Ramsden)
- Australia Revisited - Part II (Bendigo, Ballarat, Sydney - Tom Dugan)
- Slower trams at Blackpool
- UK News (Bristol, Midland Metro, Metrolink)
- Book review "Blackpool & Fleetwood - 100 Years by Tram"
FTN216 (8/98)
- Fleet Allocation (Buses at Rigby
Road and Squires Gate)
- Centenary week - in camera (Philip Higgs)
- Australia Revisited - Part 1 (Melbourne - Tom Dugan)
- Tramroad Centenary Souvenirs
- East to west - Glasgow 1245 (EATMS)
FTN215 (7/98)
- Blackpool Titan 351 moves
again...
- Boat 600 launched
- The impossible they do at once! (cars 2 and 167 at Crich - Philip
Higgs)
- More money for Docklands...
- Merseyside Rapid Transit?
- The departure of 147 (1968)
FTN214 (6/98)
- Snowdonia's Railways Revival
(Simon Quayle)
- Railcoaches in the seventies... (Photo feature)
- News (Sheffield Supertram, Trams returning to Gosport &
Fareham?, £10.5m bid to improve Blackpool's Transport)
- The Appearance of Stockport 5 (Steve Palmer)
FTN213 (5/98)
- Blackpool's Plastic Tram (Brian
Turner)
- Video Review - Blackpool Trams Part 2 1962-1984
FTN213 (4/98)
- Blackpool Tramway Access Study
- News (Supertram, Midland Metro, Fylde Coast Rapid Transit System,
Metrolink, London Underground)
FTN211 (3/98)
- Rack 2 - Progress Report (David
Beardsell)
- Tramroad Centenary Week - events schedule
FTN210 (2/98)
- Centenary Appeal Progress (Steve
Palmer)
- Metrolink Goes West
- News (Sheffield, Croydon, Birmingham, Newcastle, Docklands...)
- Tramroad Centenary Week - Proposed events
FTN209 (1/98)
- Blackpool & Fleetwood 2
- Progress Report
- A young Scot visits Blackpool...
- Trams Return to Barcelona
- Preservation - Vambac 11 Progress
FTN208 (12/97)
- The End... (Philip Higgs - his
last
FTN)
- Transport Policies & Programme
- Spotlight on 707
- L.T.T. launches TRANSSUPPORT
- Book reviews
- Tramroad Centenary Appeal (Steve Palmer)
FTN207 (11/97)
- Phoenix Update (Fleetlist of
this independent bus operator)
- Rebuilt Marton Box revisited (Philip Higgs)
- Fleetwood on the rack? a project for 1998... (FTS Committee)
- Rumors of our demise? - illuminated trams (Philipp Higgs)
FTN206 (10/97)
- Lisbon to Laxey? - MER no."360"
- (Simon Quayle)
- A Fitting Tribute Indeed! - OMO no.5 - (James Millington)
FTN205 (9/97)
- China's New Tramways (James
Blythe)
- Blackpool Brush Railcoach No.298 (from Keith Terry)
- Preservation Update - OMO car preservation (Philip Higgs)
FTN204 (8/97)
- Roadliner arrives in Blackpool
(Philip Higgs)
- Railway heritage in Blackpool (Philip Higgs)
- Crich Column (Simon Quayle)
- Light Rail Round-Up
- Rebuilding of 707 taking shape... (Philip Higgs)
FTN203 (7/97)
- Trams on the World Wide Web
- Towards a Century (Philip Higgs)
- Light Rail Round-Up
- Preservation Update... Railcoach 298, Vambac 11, Coronation 663
FTN202 (6/97)
- scenes from the 70's (Philip
Higgs)
- Profile of a Vice - President: Michael Morton (Philip Higgs)
- Balloon throwback... (Philip Higgs)
- Blackpool Exiles in Reading (Mike Dare)
- News Update... Lytham Atlantean, Swift 554
FTN201 (5/97)
- Book Review "By Trams to the
Tower" (Ian McLoughlin)
- and finally... (Brian Whaley - his last
FTN)
FTN200 (4/97)
- Letters to the Editor
- 2001 - a tram fantasy (Martin Shaw)
FTN199 (3/97)
- FTS Membership Review (Philip
Higgs)
- Night Life in Bangkok?!?
- The Rossall Diversion (Brian Whaley)
FTN198 (2/97)
- Christmas Caption Competition
- Letters to the Editor - OMO preservation
- Poetry "Trundle on"
FTN197 (1/97)
- Editor's Miscellany - Road
Train, Corgi Models, OMO 10
- The Future of the Tramway (Eric Berry)
- Blackpool Tram Memories (Dave McFarlane)
- Northern Exiles (James Blythe)
- Trams of Steel Update
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